MOCENIGO, the name of a noble and ancient Venetian family which included many doges, statesmen and soldiers. TOMMASO MOCENIGO (1343-1423) commanded the crusading fleet in the expedition to Nicopolis in 1396, and also won battles against the Genoese. While Venetian ambassador at Cremona he was elected doge (1414), and he escaped in secret, fearing that he might be held a prisoner by Gabrino Fondolo, tyrant of that city. He made peace with the Turkish sultan, but when hostilities broke out afresh his fleet defeated that of the Turks at Gallipoli. Dur ing his reign the patriarch of Aquileia was forced to cede his territories to the republic (1420), which also acquired Friuli and Dalmatia. Tommaso greatly encouraged commerce, reconstructed the ducal palace and commenced the library. PIETRO MOCENIGO, doge from 1474 to 1476, was one of the greatest Venetian ad mirals, and revived the fortunes of his country's navy after the defeat at Negropont in 1470. In 1472 he captured and destroyed Smyrna. He then defeated the Turks who were besieging Scutari and died of an illness contracted there. GIOVANNI MOCENIGO,
Pietro's brother, doge from 1478 to 1485, fought against Mo hammed II. and Ercole I., duke of Ferrara, from whom he re captured Rovigo and the Polesine. Luici MOCENIGO was doge from 157o to 1577. During his reign Venice lost the fortresses Nicosia and Famagosta in Cyprus. He took part in the battle of Lepanto, but after the loss of Cyprus he was forced to make peace with the Turks and to hand them back his conquests. ANDREA MOCENIGO, who flourished in the 15th and 16th cen turies, was a senator of the republic and a historian; he composed a work on the league of Cambrai entitled Belli memorabilis Cameracensi:s adversus V enetos historiae libri vi. (Venice, 1525). Another LUIGI MOCENIGO was doge from 1700 to 1709, and his brother SEBASTIANO from 1722 to 1732. ALVISE MOCENIGO (1701-78), who was doge from 1763 until his death, restricted the privileges of the clergy, and in consequence came into conflict with Pope Clement XIII.